quizzism

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

quiz +‎ -ism

Noun[edit]

quizzism (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) The act or habit of quizzing.
    • 1838, Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce, The life of William Wilberforce: Volume 3, page 241:
      What quizzism could he have been afraid of, adopting the language of the hero victors? Lord Burleigh had not this fear when he made his reply to Walsingham.
    • 1865, Mariano Aguirre de Venero, New system of physiognomony, [sic]:
      Look intelligent, penetrating, and vivacious, with a shade of quizzism, and, at times, of severity.
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